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Message no. 1
From: Johan Felt <is97jfa@*******.HK-R.SE>
Subject: Viking mythology (Re: Trolls and Vikings)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 07:38:45 +0200
Fade wrote:

> Loke (eng. Loki) was son of a
> goddess and a jotun. (Don't remember their names, I'm not *that* into
> it.). They are the gods main antagonists in Ragnarokk, as well as the
> Midgaard serpent (another name, which hints at its size, would be
> 'Equator'.) and Fenris.

(I use the Swedish spelling easier)Loke was son of the Farbaute and Laufey (is
Laufey goddess? I didn't know that, will look in to it). The jotun Angerboda gave
him the following "children":Midgaar serpent, Fenris and Hel ("the
goddess" of
death).
With Lokes wife Sigyn he has a son Narfe.

(All this will be discribed in our project Scandinavia 2053)

> The first of the Ice giants, Ymir, was the most powerful.. extremely
> so, in fact.

When Odin, Vile and Ve made the world they killed Ymir and created the world of
Ymirs body.

// Johan (knows his mythology)
Message no. 2
From: Morten Ax <run_over@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Viking mythology (Re: Trolls and Vikings)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 05:57:08 -0700
> (I use the Swedish spelling easier)Loke was son of the Farbaute and
Laufey (is
> Laufey goddess? I didn't know that, will look in to it). The jotun
Angerboda gave
> him the following "children":Midgaar serpent, Fenris and Hel ("the
goddess" of
> death).
> With Lokes wife Sigyn he has a son Narfe.
>
> (All this will be discribed in our project Scandinavia 2053)

I have to raise a question here: Would that be nescesarry, to include
a large proportion of the old myths? I mean, the only reason, would be
if Scandinavian shamans would be using old customs.
On the other hand: This could be why Scandinavian magic might be more
powerful, it's OLD. This would work (I think), if you were a shaman of
one of the OLD totems(a viking totem), then your magic would be more
powerful around Scandinavian places, and old viking places.
I belive this to be an important question to be answered. If it isn't,
why not skip it?


> > The first of the Ice giants, Ymir, was the most powerful.. extremely
> > so, in fact.
>
> When Odin, Vile and Ve made the world they killed Ymir and created
the world of
> Ymirs body.
>

Neither am I sure that we should include critters from the old myths.
Wouldn't it be better to leave them as myths, and use critters from
folklore, I can think of a few just from Denmark


-=AX=-
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